How I tried to fix certain programming problems, mostly in the java, JEE, JBoss scene, web area and using Ubuntu or Debian linux.

About

All the ideas expressed on this site are my own and not those of my contractors.

I am a software development expert with a lot of experience in conceptualization, architecture and development of enterprise software.
It all started when I was approximately 12 years old when we got our first computer. There was one rule, “no games unless you have written them yourself”. A few years later my brother and me were at a fair in London trying to sell our first commercial program “The Painter” for the Sinclair QL. At that time I used assembly language to write software. Many years and a few languages later, I am active in the Java world.

One of my strengths is the ability to grasp problems easily and focusing on details while keeping the big picture in check. I am an open source aficionado and have contributed to many open source projects.

Code quality and maintainability have always interested me. I have a strong interest in doing architecture and code reviews or ad-hoc trouble shooting for Java projects (see Spoon-IT).

The last couple of years I have been active in the GIS world, being part of the team which leads development for the Geomajas open source GIS framework.